The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp has arrested a 37-year-old man, Mr Louis Nwedebo, for allegedly demolishing the statue of the former governor of defunct Eastern Region, Dr Akanu Ibiam.

The suspect was equally accused of destroying the water fountain at the Abacha Roundabout in Abakaliki the capital city.

Parading the suspect, the state Commandant of the corp, Mrs Chinwe Kannu, said the suspect carried out the destruction alone, adding that it took the intervention of the NSCDC personnel to stop the “wicked act.”